‘Sayאֱמֹרto the houseלְבֵיתof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיprofaningמְחַלֵּלmy sanctuary,אֶת מִקְדָּשִׁיthe prideגְּאוֹןof your strength,עֻזְּכֶםthe delightמַחְמַדof your eyes,עֵינֵיכֶםand the tendernessוּמַחְמַלof your soul;נַפְשְׁכֶםand your sonsוּבְנֵיכֶםand your daughtersוּבְנוֹתֵיכֶםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou left behindעֲזַבְתֶּםwill fallיִפֹּלוּby the sword.בַּחֶרֶב
Ezekiel 24:21
Study it in the app“‘Say to the house of Israel: Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am profaning my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes, and the tenderness of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 24:21, word by word
- ‘Sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- profaningמְחַלֵּלmechalel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “mechalel” appears- my sanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁmikdashi
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” appears- the prideגְּאוֹןgeon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appears- of your strengthעֻזְּuz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” appears- the delightמַחְמַדmachmad
desirable thing, delight
What is desirable, what pleases the eyes: that which someone most loves or values.
Where else “machmad” appears- of your eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- and the tendernessמַחְמַלmachmal
object of compassion
Compassion; what someone loves tenderly.
Where else “machmal” appears- of your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- and your sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- and your daughtersבְנוֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- you left behindעֲזַבְתֶּםazavtem
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azavtem” appears- will fallיִפֹּלוּyipolu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yipolu” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears
The context
20And I said to them, “The word of YHWH came to me, saying,
21 · This verse (above)
22And you will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache, and bread of men you will not eat;